betray
US /bɪˈtre/
UK /bɪ'treɪ/
- Transitive Verb
- To endanger (friend) by giving enemy information
- To reveal something unintentionally.
B1Morebloody
US /ˈblʌdi/
UK /'blʌdɪ/
- Adjective
- Covered or spotted with blood on the surface
- A word used when swearing or cursing
C2Moreblow
US /blo/
UK /bləʊ/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To move something using air
- To make air come quickly out of your mouth
- Noun
- Something that causes you difficulty or sadness
- Act of making air come out of your mouth
A2Morecause
US /kɔz/
UK /kɔ:z/
- Noun
- Belief, goal or organization that people support
- Reason for
- Transitive Verb
- To make something happen; create effect or result
A2Morechew
US /tʃu:/
UK /tʃu:/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To bite something many times without swallowing it
- Noun
- Act of biting something many times
B1Morecircumstance
US /ˈsɚkəmˌstæns/
UK /'sɜ:kəmstəns/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Condition or fact that affects a situation
- An event or fact that causes or helps to cause something to happen, typically something bad or unwanted.
A2Morecollide
US /kəˈlaɪd/
UK /kəˈlaɪd/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To come together or crash with a lot of force
- To disagree with or be very different from others
B1Moreconsistent
US /kənˈsɪstənt/
UK /kənˈsɪstənt/
- Adjective
- Agreeing with or being similar to another part
- In agreement; reliable
A2Morecore
US /kɔr, kor/
UK /kɔ:(r)/
- Transitive Verb
- To take out the central section of a fruit
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Important central part of something
- The hard central part of certain fruits, containing the seeds.
A2Moreemerge
US /ɪˈmɚdʒ/
UK /ɪ'mɜ:dʒ/
- Intransitive Verb
- To rise or appear out of some background
- To become known or apparent.
A2TOEICMoreevidence of
US
UK
- Phrase
- Facts, objects, or signs that make you believe that something is true.
- Something that shows that something else exists or is true.
A1Moreflap
US /flæp/
UK /flæp/
- Uncountable Noun
- Motion or sound of something waving back and forth
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To move something back and forth or up and down
B2Morefrom hell
US /frəm ˈhɛl/
UK /frəm ˈhel/
- other
- Extremely bad, unpleasant, or difficult.
B2Morefroth
US /frɔ:θ/
UK /frɒθ/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- A mass of bubbles formed on top of a liquid
- Intransitive Verb
- To form a mass of bubbles in or on a liquid
C1Moregrip
US /ɡrɪp/
UK /ɡrɪp/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To hold someone's interest
- To hold something in your hand very firmly
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Strong understanding of an idea
- Control over something or someone
A2Morehang
US /hæŋ/
UK /hæŋ/
- Transitive Verb
- To attach a picture, photograph etc. onto a wall
- To kill by putting a rope around neck and dropping
- Intransitive Verb
- To float, move softly, or remain in the air
- To remain undecided, unsolved or unclear
A2Morehemisphere
US /ˈhɛmɪˌsfɪr/
UK /ˈhemɪsfɪə(r)/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- One half of a rounded, ball-like object
- One of the two masses forming the brain
B2Morehip
US /hɪp/
UK /hɪp/
- Noun
- The upper part of Leg
- Adjective
- Being stylish and popular
B1Morehumanity
US /hjuˈmænɪti/
UK /hju:ˈmænəti/
- Uncountable Noun
- Quality of being understanding or sympathetic
- Compassionate behavior, especially towards those suffering.
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- All human beings collectively; the human race.
A2Moreimpact
US /ˈɪmˌpækt/
UK /'ɪmpækt/
- Noun
- A striking effect or result to hit with force
- Act or force of one thing hitting something else
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To hit or strike someone or something with force
- To have a strong effect on someone or something.
A2TOEICMoreinclination
US /ˌɪn.klɪˈneɪ.ʃən/
UK /ˌɪnklɪˈneɪʃn/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Feeling or desire to do something; a habit
- The angle at which something is inclined.
B1Moreinferno
US /ɪnˈfə:no/
UK /ɪn'fɜ:nəʊ/
- Noun
- Large fire in a building or other place
C1TOEICMoreinstead of
US /ɪnˈstɛd ʌv/
UK /inˈsted ɔv/
- Preposition
- When one thing is replaced by another
- Adverb
- As a substitute or alternative.
A1Morelodge
US /lɑdʒ/
UK /lɒdʒ/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To (provide a place to) stay for a short time
- To submit (complaint, application etc.)
- Noun
- A wooden house in the mountains
B1Moremount
US /maʊnt/
UK /maʊnt/
- Transitive Verb
- To attach something to something else
- To set a picture, jewel etc. in
- Noun
- An attachment used to keep something in place
- Horse that someone is riding
B2Moremythology
US /mɪˈθɑ:lədʒi/
UK /mɪˈθɒlədʒi/
- Uncountable Noun
- Myths of a particular culture or group of people
- The study of myths.
B2Morepit
US /pɪt/
UK /pɪt/
- Transitive Verb
- To use your strength, skill or wit to beat another
- To make holes or marks on a surface
- Noun
- Hole in the ground
- Garage area for racing cars on a circuit
B1Moreplanet
US /ˈplænɪt/
UK /'plænɪt/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- One of the bodies that orbit the sun
- A different world or sphere of existence.
- Proper Noun
- The earth.
A2Morepresence
US /ˈprɛzəns/
UK /ˈprezns/
- Noun
- The same place or area that a person is
- Ability to reach a market, group of people etc.
A2Morepurgatory
US /ˈpɜ:rgətɔ:ri/
UK /ˈpɜ:gətri/
- Noun
- Place or state of suffering
B2Morereach
US /ritʃ/
UK /ri:tʃ/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
- To be long enough to get to a certain place
- Uncountable Noun
- Power or control someone has over something
A2TOEICMoreremain
US /rɪˈmen/
UK /rɪˈmeɪn/
- Intransitive Verb
- To be left behind; to continue to exist
- To stay in a place when other people have gone
A2TOEICMoresatan
US /'seɪtn/
UK /'seɪtn/
- Proper Noun
- An evil spirit said to be in control of hell
B2Moreshred
US /ʃrɛd/
UK /ʃred/
- Transitive Verb
- To tear or rip up something to small pieces
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- A small or tiny amount of something cut off
B2Moresin
US /sɪn/
UK /sɪn/
- Noun
- Act that breaks a religious law
- Intransitive Verb
- To do something that breaks a religious law
B1Moresinner
US /ˈsɪnɚ/
UK /ˈsɪnə(r)/
- Noun
- One who sins; one breaking a religious law
B2Moreslope
US /sloʊp/
UK /sləʊp/
- Noun
- Angle of a decline, e.g. where a road dips down
- Surface on which people can ski
- Intransitive Verb
- To have one end that is not as high as the other
B1TOEICMorestop in
US /stɑp ɪn/
UK /stɔp in/
- Phrasal Verb
- To visit a place briefly, usually on the way to somewhere else.
A1Moresurface
US /ˈsɚfəs/
UK /'sɜ:fɪs/
- Transitive Verb
- To give (road) a top layer
- Intransitive Verb
- To appear after being hidden, unseen, or unknown
- To come to the top of something; emerge
A2TOEICMoretorso
US /ˈtɔrso/
UK /'tɔ:səʊ/
- Noun
- Body (often dead), without arms, legs, or head
B2Moreupward
US /ˈʌpwərd/
UK /ˈʌpwəd/
- Adjective
- Toward some higher point or position
B1More
Vocabulary
- instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
- stop in: To visit a place briefly, usually on the way to somewhere else.
- from hell: Extremely bad, unpleasant, or difficult.
- evidence of: Facts, objects, or signs that make you believe that something is true.
- evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
- impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
- presence: The same place or area that a person is
- consistent: Agreeing with or being similar to another part
- circumstance: Condition or fact that affects a situation
- express: To send something by fast mail
- reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
- remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
- grip: To hold someone's interest
- explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
- emerge: To rise or appear out of some background
- cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
- surface: To give (road) a top layer
- form: Sports team or person's current winning record
- core: To take out the central section of a fruit
- hemisphere: One half of a rounded, ball-like object
- planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
- blow: To move something using air
- humanity: Quality of being understanding or sympathetic
- hang: To attach a picture, photograph etc. onto a wall
- fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
- suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
- notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
- sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
- chew: To bite something many times without swallowing it
- hip: The upper part of Leg
- collide: To come together or crash with a lot of force
- head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
- mythology: Myths of a particular culture or group of people
- afraid: Worried that something bad will happen; scared
- pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
- land: Region or country
- shred: To tear or rip up something to small pieces
- pit: To use your strength, skill or wit to beat another
- wind: A current of air moving approximately horizontally, especially one strong enough to be felt
- sin: Act that breaks a religious law
- betray: To endanger (friend) by giving enemy information
- slope: Angle of a decline, e.g. where a road dips down
- mount: To attach something to something else
- climb: To rise gradually and steadily to a higher point
- human: A person; a man, woman or child
- lodge: To (provide a place to) stay for a short time
- inclination: Feeling or desire to do something; a habit
- torso: Body (often dead), without arms, legs, or head
- bloody: Covered or spotted with blood on the surface
- flap: Motion or sound of something waving back and forth
- upward: Toward some higher point or position
- inferno: Large fire in a building or other place
- purgatory: Place or state of suffering
- froth: A mass of bubbles formed on top of a liquid
- sinner: One who sins; one breaking a religious law
- satan: An evil spirit said to be in control of hell
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She took a brave step forward, leaving behind her comfort zone to chase her dreams.
Vocabulary
- brave
adj. Having courage
- comfort zone
phr. A familiar situation where one feels safe
Explanation
a brave step is a noun phrase, where brave is an adjective modifying the noun step, meaning "a courageous step".
forward is an adverb modifying step, meaning "ahead".
The whole phrase serves as the object, answering the "what" of took (verb) — she took a brave step forward.
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brave
US/brev/
UK/breɪv/
adj.Brave
v.t.To bravely face
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蔡炘諭 posted on 2025/10/19Ever wondered about the deepest parts of Dante's Inferno and the chilling figure of Satan? This video dives into Canto 34, breaking down the epic poetry and medieval allegory with clear explanations that will boost your cultural knowledge and understanding of complex themes like betrayal. You'll get a fantastic grasp of the underworld imagery and pick up some great vocabulary along the way!
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